Train service
Weekday departures: 44/day · Sat & holiday departures: 44/day
First / last train (weekday): 5:03 / 24:33
Busiest hour: 6:00–7:00 (6)
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0:00 ─ 23:00
Counts are departures in the timetable data shown on our live map.
Adjacent stations
- JR Nippō Line: Nakatsu (Oita · JR Kyushu) ⇄ Imazu (Oita)
Location
History
Higashi-Nakatsu Station opened on 25 May 1901 as Ōsada Station (大貞駅), an in-fill stop on the Hōshū Railway's 1897 line between Yukuhashi and Yanagigaura. The Hōshū Railway was absorbed by the Kyushu Railway later that same year and then nationalised on 1 July 1907. The line was designated the Hōshū Main Line on 12 October 1909 and incorporated into the Nippō Main Line on 15 December 1923. The station was renamed Higashi-Nakatsu on 15 November 1952. After the 1 April 1987 privatisation, JR Kyushu became the operator. Direct staffing ended in March 2015 and the ticket window has since been managed by the city of Nakatsu on a kan'i itaku basis. The 1915 wooden station building is still in use.
Notes
The wooden station building was constructed on 30 May 1915 and is still in use today; its property tag carries that date.
Sources
Last updated: 2026-05-22